It has arrived! Day 1, Red Sea Max Nano

[Jason mack]

No prob , Yw

 

[CamG]

If that shrimp in the video of your tank is dead then you have too much ammonia in the tank.......
LOL.... just kidding, I couldn't resist.

Hey nice video, everything looks great ! You mentioned putting the green star polyp on its own rock in your video. That is a very good idea. It is a nice coral but will spread fast.

I had a tank full of amazing SPS that I paid a fortune for and some green star polyps on a rock in the sand I paid $15 for. Anyone that came over and looked at the tank always said how cool the GSP was before even noticing the SPS.....

Good luck

CamG

 

[Hemlawk]

I'm obviously new to the hobby but I've seen enough YT videos to know the GSP needs its own rock. HA

 

[Hemlawk]

Question! I need advice.

So I'm 1 week into the cycle and I realized my Aquascape isnt stable at all. Looks cool but the rocks are all wobbly. I have the 1/4'' arcylic rods and Jurassic glue.
Will the rock/cycle be ok if I take it out of the water for a bit to do some drilling/gluing?

 

[Jason mack]

Should be , so long as it stays wet and doesn't dry out !

 

[buckroe07]

Question! I need advice.

So I'm 1 week into the cycle and I realized my Aquascape isnt stable at all. Looks cool but the rocks are all wobbly. I have the 1/4'' arcylic rods and Jurassic glue.
Will the rock/cycle be ok if I take it out of the water for a bit to do some drilling/gluing?

That's an awesome looking tank! Scape looks good and I would have thought you had one before. Since it's early on in the cycle you'll be okay. there might be some bacteria die off and cause it to cycle a little longer buy try to keep the wet like Jason Mack said.

 

[HolisticBear]

Question! I need advice.

So I'm 1 week into the cycle and I realized my Aquascape isnt stable at all. Looks cool but the rocks are all wobbly. I have the 1/4'' arcylic rods and Jurassic glue.
Will the rock/cycle be ok if I take it out of the water for a bit to do some drilling/gluing?

I'm guessing your base is strong and the problem is the top rocks? I used quite a bit of Two Fishes epoxy to create a base for my rocks. *If* the issue is awkward contact points, consider using epoxy to fill in gaps (along with your glue) so they have a nice structural connection.

 

[Hemlawk]

Yeah it was the top rock. I just drilled 2 holes and used to short pieces of acrylic. Its better but not perfect. Honestly, I think Id be happier with Epoxy.

 

[Jason mack]

I used reef cement .. mix it like mortar and it drys quick .. can also be used under water .. did all mine with it and never had too use acrylic rods

 

[Hemlawk]

I'll keep that in mind for my next tank, which wont be to far in the future.

I just ordered some epoxy. The glue looks like crap. Not that it matters, itll be covered in coral soon enough

 

[Michael Joye]

I need to be care. I had a nice planned out for my gsp but it hated it.

I used reef cement .. mix it like mortar and it drys quick .. can also be used under water .. did all mine with it and never had too use acrylic rods

Love the rock work.

 

[jsker]

I used a product called Stone Fix link since my scape and system were cycled. I made a small ball and set the lose pieces that I had in the DT, in the water. Yes I had some clouding of the water, but no big deal. I just let the pieces set in the water and the product set up in a matter of a couple of hours. I also used large balls of IO hold fast epoxy and that held well but not like the stone fix.

My suggestion would to be to pull the rock and use the stone fix and let is set for 24 hours and place the rock back into the tank. As @buckroe07 stated it may extend out your cycle, but you will have a strong and secure bond that looks like the rock. I one problem I have read and see in my tank is that the epoxy dose not have the coraline growing on it after a year and a half.

 

[Hemlawk]

I used reef cement .. mix it like mortar and it drys quick .. can also be used under water .. did all mine with it and never had too use acrylic rods

yeah, looks great btw.

Ill def resecure the rocks again soon.

 

[Jason mack]

I need to be care. I had a nice planned out for my gsp but it hated it.

Love the rock work.

This is how it looks now 2 months later ..

And this is what I used

 

[Hemlawk]

New topic.
I put my mp10 in gyre mode and it blew my sand all over. Now it's on lagoon mode and it seems much better.

Sorry. I'm obsessed with this tank.

 

[Hemlawk]

11 days into the cycle and this happened.
I made some rookie mistakes. I added coral before the cycle was over. I took my rock out to re-epoxy it( kept it wet). My RO/di topoff water has been just sitting in a bucket (not sure if it needs to be sealed)

Will this be ok?

My zoas

 

[Travis Stewart]

Looks great! I would try and flatten out your light if possible. Sorry if someone else already said that! Welcome and sick tank!

 

[reef-rc]

in this hobby we're all guilty of jumping ahead... sometimes that's the fun part.[emoji16]

if your water parms are good, your zoas do alright... they're hardy

 

[Michael Joye]

It looks like a young tank should be. You are going to have a few different blooms that can happen. I don't know if it brown or yellow.

I had first a diatom blood that turn into cyno then to algae. Now the algae bloom is finally going way. I wish I know about the different blooms that happen during the cycling. It was scare to wake up on day and my tank is covered with brown crap.


This is a good post to tell you the process of cycling the tank and the different blooms that can

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/the-supreme-guide-to-setting-up-a-saltwater-reef-aquarium.138750/

 

[Hemlawk]

Parameter update

Salinity -1.025
Temp-79.3
Ph-8.0
Ammonia-.25
Nitrite-0
Nitrate-0